Clothes-stick



w. w. CROCKER.

CLOTHES STICK.

APPLICA'HON FILED SEPT. l5, |920.

1,386,992... Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

@j t @l 30 l WILLIAM WESLEY CROCKER,

To all 207mm t may concern.' Y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WESLEY Cnooirniz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Junction City, in the county of Geary and State ofKansas, have invented av new and useful Clothes-Stick, o-f which the following is a specification.

ThisA invention relates to clothes sticks, and it is the primary object of the invention to provide means at one end.l of a clothes stick to prevent displacement of the clothes lifted by the stick, during the removal of the clothesfrom the boiler or the like. f

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, wherein the securing means includes smooth and regular surfaces, thereby eliminating any possibility of damaging the clothes or articles, by the use of the stiel i W ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being` understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invent-ion.

Referring to the drawing Figure l illustrates a side elevational view of a clothes stick constructed in accordance with the present invention, the same being shown partly in section to illustrate the manner of securing the head to the stick, and

Fig. 2 illustrrtes a modified form of securing means employed in securing the head to the stick. I

Referring to the drawing in detail, the i'ef ei'ence character 5 designates the handle of the clothes stick which has one of its eX- ti'emities tapered as at 6, .the tapered portion being however reduced in diameter, as com ared with the handle portion 5.

T e head of the stick includes a socket kmember 7, and a head 8, approximately spherical in general outline, and having spirally disposed ribs formed thereon, the socket member 7 being of a construction to accoinmodate the reduced tapered portion 6 of the stick, there being provided. suitable open- CLOTHES-STICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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OF JUNCTION CITY, KAN

Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

Application filed September 15, 1920. Serial No. 410,388. -i

ings in the socket member for receiving the pin 9, which passes through the stick in a manner to prevent displacement of the head.

Asshown, the-material between the con` -V volutions, as indicated at VlO is roundedtransversely, to eliminate the-same cutting or in any manner damagingthe articles -be-f ing removed, it being the purpose of the invention to force the stick into contact with an article to be removed, and twist tlielsame into the article, whereupon the article be# comes wrapped around .the head.

llt follows .that when the handle portionv 5 is rotated inthe opposite direction, the head is released from the'article sothat the yarticle maybe deposited in any convenient also convoluted, and provided with recessed portion 9, the recessed portion being designed to acco-nimodatethe flange 10" formed y i at one end of the handle portion 5. In this form of the invention, the stem 7 is provided with a suitable transversely eX- ter ling opening' designedto accommodate the. seciiriiig pin ll, which passes through i the handle portion 5 and the stemv 7 to'se` cure theV head 8 against movement It might be further stated however-f that this* form of invention absolutely insuresagainst .damage to the articles to be. lifted, .since there are no protruding parts nor sharp edges forming a part of the present invention. v

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is :e-

lii a clothes stick, a head', said headbeing approximatelyy spherical in generaloutline,

yand provided withy spirally disposed ribs, a socket member integral with the head, and a handle having one end fixed in said socket.-

member; y.

l in testimony that I claiin'the foregoingas my own, I have 4hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VLLAM VVESLE Y CROCKER. /Vitnesses: i. f f

Mrs. E. B. THOMPSON, AMY THOMPSON, 

